The Attorney-General’s Department has released a report detailing the opening months of Australia’s data retention scheme.
Source: Almost AU$200m later, data retention most used for chasing drugs, not terror | ZDNet
Australian InfoSec and Cyber News
- Audit: ANAO finds Services Australia lacking in cyber and cost aspects of WPIT | ZDNet - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory September 28, 2020Australian Audit Report September 25 2020 ANAO finds Services Australia lacking in cyber and cost aspects of WPIT Services Australia did not apply an …
- Incident: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people's personal details | iTnews - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory September 28, 2020Australian Detailed Privacy Breach: September 25 2020 Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details Including bank …
- Incident: Anglicare Sydney being held to ransom over sensitive data stolen from computer system | ABC News (Australia) - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory September 28, 2020Australian Medical Privacy Breach: September 19 2020 Anglicare Sydney being held to ransom over sensitive data stolen from computer system 17GB data …
- Incident: Anglicare Sydney 4 laptops stolen from office by unknown parties | Anglicare Sydney - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory September 28, 2020Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 30 2019 Anglicare Sydney 4 laptops stolen from office by unknown parties Files and emails …
- ASD’s decision to cancel official history contract to be probed at Senate estimates | The Mandarin September 28, 2020The Australian Signals Directorate will be questioned over its decision to terminate a contract with prominent academic John Blaxland, the Australian …
- Demystifying Cyber Protection Insurance September 28, 2020Marisa Bertoldo , 28 September 2020 Marisa Bertoldo from Planned Cover demystifies cyber protection insurance, offering an explainer on terminology …
- ATO re-tenders for myGovID anti-spoofing facial recognition software September 28, 2020The Australian Taxation Office has gone back to the market to find a facial recognition solution to underpin the government’s myGovID digital …
- ACSC Annual Cyber Threat Report, July 2019 to June 2020 | Cyber.gov.au September 28, 2020The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP), amongst …
- Australian business leaders caught up in China’s mass surveillance: Here’s what it means September 27, 2020By Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra National security is like sausage-making. We might enjoy the tasty product, but want to look away from …
- Centrelink IT system risks 'largely' managed during WPIT overhaul September 27, 2020Services Australia has “largely” managed the risks to the country’s Centrelink IT system during its billion-dollar redevelopment over the last five …
- Mining at high risk of cyber security threats - Australian Mining September 26, 2020A new survey has found that many Australian mining businesses are unprepared for and are failing to put appropriate measures in place to prevent …
- Two arrested over large-scale SMS phishing scam September 26, 2020Two Sydney men have been arrested over their alleged involvement in a large-scale SMS phishing scam that targeted the personal and financial …
- NAB crowdsources cyber security with bug bounty program September 26, 2020The National Australia Bank on Friday launched a bug bounty program in partnership with crowdsourced cyber security platform Bugcrowd to strengthen …
- Tens of thousands of NSW driver's licences exposed online in major data breach September 25, 2020The source of the breach is yet to be made public with calls for the responsible agency to own up. Source: ABC News | Duration: 1min 38sec
- Draft legislation proposed by Federal Government would allow your personal data to be shared between government agencies September 25, 2020If it sometimes seems like different arms of the government don't talk to each other, it might be because they can't. There are a raft of laws …
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